[ad_1]
COMPLICATED: Lillestrøm and coach Geir Bakke will face some challenges in the coming weeks. Photo: Terje Pedersen, NTB
Players who live in the Oslo region, but belong to clubs outside the affected area, cannot travel to train with their teams.
On Saturday, the government introduced the most stringent crown measures since March for the Oslo region. It included an end point for all sports.
Communications manager Gro Tvedt Anderssen from the Norwegian Football Association confirms to VG that a stop has been decided for joint training and coaching matches until the end of January for teams in the top three tiers for men and the top two for women , in Oslo. region.
Editorial collaboration
Watch the Elite Series and OBOS League live on Dplay
Now it also confirms that players who belong to teams outside the region cannot train with their clubs.
– Players living in affected municipalities are not allowed to travel outside of the region to train with clubs that are not affected, Tvedt Anderssen tells VG.
also read
Full stop for sports in the Oslo region: training stop for football clubs and the Olympic summit closed
STOP: Mjøndalen, here by Tonny Brochmann, and Stabæk and Emil Bohinen are among the clubs affected. Photo: Terje Pedersen, NTB
It will especially affect clubs around Oslo, such as Stabæk, Lillestrøm, Mjøndalen and Strømsgodset. Several of its players live in Oslo.
Lillestrøm has started training and coach Geir Bakke lives both in Moss closed and in Lillestrøm.
“It just came to our attention then. He has homes in Moss and Lillestrøm. Tomorrow we will have to take the rest,” writes LSK manager Geir Bakke in a text message.
– Actually, I wasn’t aware of that, says Mjøndalen coach Vegard Hansen.
He says the team won’t start training until next season before February 1. The closure initially applies until January 31.
– It’s just to relate to that. It is a long time before the start of the series. It’s a special time for the entire country and the entire world, so those rules must be followed, Hansen says.
The same applies to Stabæk.
– We start on February 1, if allowed. Still not known. Then we will follow the local and national rules in force, says the sports manager at Stabæk, Torgeir Bjarmann.
He believes there is no reason to feel sorry for football.
– We can’t do anything about where different people live. We must first analyze what the current rules are when we get to February 1. This is no worse for soccer than for other professions. Think of healthcare professionals, teachers, and other critical jobs. It’s much more important that they do their job, says Bjarmann.
There is still a while for football to start again. The elite series begins the season on April 5.
See more Elite Series stats on VG Live.
